Billings West High School - Westward Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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TOP: MRS. ZENA WRIGHT’S psychology class appears hard at work. LEFT: RARE EMOTION? — Freshman Aaron Cook expresses enthusiasm during a test. RIGHT: BETTER HOPE IT’S RIGHT — Will sophomore Brandon Amundson’s an- swers be worth copying? 9 INTRODUCTION

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Tests. High school just wouldn’t be complete without them. Teachers give tests to see just how much our brains have absorbed from their skillful teach- ing. Ninety-nine percent of the stu- dents at West High that answered a Westward poll this fall admit to having cheated at least once in their lives on a test. Looking onto another’s test paper seemed to be the “preferred method” of cheating. Most students who answered our poll said they have a preferred method. Why not? Over 45 percent of those polled said they started cheating in elementary school and have had years of practice. Pressure for good grades by parents is something that almost everyone deals with. All of the teachers polled said that there is no justified reason for a student to cheat. One teacher said, “Cheating is really only hurting the student who cheats. Besides not learn- ing the material, they are ethically hurting themselves. I’m sure if the stu- dents who cheat would think about it, they would figure out that they have short-changed themselves. TOP: GROUP EFFORT — Sophomores Troy More, Brad Smith, Mike Sansteng and Craig Stensby make this test a com- bined project. LEFT: TOUGH QUESTION — Junior Cry- stal Price concentrates on a World History test given first semester. RIGHT, BACK TO FRONT: Juniors Brian Duke and Terry Martin study intesely while sophomore Brett McKinney poses for the camera. INTRODUCTION

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a ■ Bored in Billings, with nothing to do? A common complaint among West High students this year (and every year) was “There’s nothing to do!” If you are like most of the students who responded to a Westward poll last fall, your answer to this problem was to rent movies, play miniature golf, or go to the movies. A new attraction this year was The Slide. The non-alcoholic high school hangout opened last July and was locat- ed in the basement of the Alexandria. Thirty-nine percent of the people polled said they go there at least once a week. Movies and video rentals were the two most popular things to do, accord- ing to the poll. Sixty percent of the people who an- swered the poll said they did both of these things every weekend. Twenty-seven percent of the stu- dents polled play miniature golf. Bowl- ing came in last, with twenty-three per- cent participating in this sport. A variety of other responses came in, including dating, hunting, cruising, fishing and attending school activities. 10 INTRODUCTION